Stadler, Alfred William2011-05-202011-05-201979-04http://hdl.handle.net/10539/9886African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented April 1979Bus boycotts assumed central significance in the political struggles in urban areas during the forties and fifties. The Alexandra boycott of 1957, which evoked sympathy boycotts across the country, even in areas in which bus fares had not been increased, reached the proportions of a major confrontation between the state on the one hand and African communities and political organisations on the other.enBoycotts. South AfricaTransportation. South AfricaBuses. South AfricaWorking Paper